Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 15, 2020 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Greater Boston based PAYMYNT Financial, a mobile commerce and financial growth app provider, has secured $1.1 million in capital through its seed funding round. PAYMYNT’s management notes that many consumers are now making purchases via e-commerce platforms. They believe that it’s an ideal time to… Read More

October 15, 2020 @ 7:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Allfunds,  a Spain-based independent wealthtech and fund distribution platform, announced on Tuesday it is developing through its new company “Allfunds Blockchain” a new payment model to provide more efficient settlement processes in the investment fund industry. As previously reported, Allfunds claims to be one of… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 11:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sean Lippel, a VC and crypto-asset investor at Fintech Collective, a New York-based firm backing initiatives that “reimagine” how money moves in a digital environment, says that the future of institutional digital asset management has already arrived. Lippel claims that if portfolio managers allocate around… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jay Hao, CEO at OKEx, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, has provided a breakdown of the number of Bitcoins (BTC) held by major entities. Since the pseudonymous virtual currency’s genesis (or very first) block of transactions was mined back in early 2009, there… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, has again surged past the $11,000 mark as US stimulus talks begin and institutions start to allocate more funds to the leading digital asset. As noted by the OKCoin team, Bitcoin has managed to break out this past week, after… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 3:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Stark, a blockchain connected software application, has surpassed its initial £120,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Founded in 2018, Stark describes itself as a connected blockchain technology company that enables private and public companies to accept and process new forms of… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset exchange Gemini and CoinList will commence trading in Filecoin (FL) tomorrow (October 15, 2020). Deposits and withdrawals will be available at 10:30 am ET on Thursday when the Filecoin Mainnet launches. Filecoin is the native token of the Filecoin Network – a distributed… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis, a leading blockchain analysis firm, has revealed that it managed to grow its revenue 100% year-over-year. The New York-based firm says it’s now preparing for an expected surge in private sector business. Chainalysis claims that it has managed to grow its customer base by… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 9:00 am By Emma Channing  |  

Back in December, I wrote a piece for Coindesk’s Year in Review 2019 entitled “Security Token Offerings Are (Finally) Set for Takeoff in 2020”.  This was before word of COVID-19 became widespread and before many of the cataclysmic events of 2020 were even imaginable.  Thus… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Scott Stuart, Product Manager at Kava Labs Inc, a venture-backed firm focused on payments and blockchain technologies, notes that at Kava, their goals include developing a user-friendly decentralized financial services platform. Stuart claims that a lot of the core infrastructure and “decentralized” community governance for… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ava Labs, an organization focused on building Avalanche so that the platform can empower people to create “an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance,” notes that ecosystem growth on Avalanche is “imperative.” Ava Labs confirms that while working towards Avalanche’s mainnet launch, they had… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKCoin, a regulated crypto exchange which recently announced the launch of its Singapore offices, has revealed that it will be listing several (decentralized finance) DeFi assets including Chainlink (LINK), YF LINK (YFL), and DFI.money (YFII). OKCoin recently listed several major DeFi focused tokens including Compound… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HASHR8 Inc., a cryptocurrency mining and media firm that aims to support the “decentralized growth” of hashrate (or computing power used to secure digital currency networks) while enhancing the security of blockchains, has introduced Compass – which is a platform that will match Bitcoin (BTC)… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced a ban on the sale of crypto derivatives and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) that for retail investors. The ban, which goes into effect on January 6, 2021, has no impact on spot trading of cryptoassets. Some crypto-industry insiders criticized… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

A speech delivered today by Victoria Cleland, Executive Director, Banking, Payments, and Innovation at the Bank of England, tackled the topic of faster payments and cross-border transfers. Cleland highlighted the three-stage process to advance cross border payments being pursued at the international level and then… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Prime Trust, a blockchain-driven trust company, announced on Tuesday it has API integrated Bittrex, a blockchain tech and cryptocurrency exchange. The integration allows traders to move fiat on the exchange in real time and on a limitless basis. While sharing more details about the integration,… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Ray Youssef, the CEO at Paxful, a leading peer to peer Bitcoin exchange, which reported a 274% increase in new registrations in Turkey, during the past year, on its platform. There was also an average of $65,000+ in monthly trade volume… Read More

October 12, 2020 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bianjie and the Wuhan Run He De Kang (RHDK) have partnered to implement a blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) enabled Epidemic Early Warning System, in order to help in the fight against Covid-19. As mentioned in the announcement, Wuhan RHDK is a healthcare-focused, Big… Read More

October 12, 2020 @ 9:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), unique digital assets that may be collectible, appear to be gaining in popularity. According to a recent release, a “world record” was set for a public auction where NFT “Block 21” sold for $131,250 – more than 10X the estimates of its… Read More

October 12, 2020 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance alum Fetch.ai, an established blockchain-focused AI firm launched by former DeepMind investors and developers, had introduced Mettalex, a “decentralized” crypto and commodities derivatives trading platform (back in August 2020). Mettalex had stated in August that it would be working with a consortium of steel… Read More